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ArticleBrain communications2025

Cerebellar dysfunction in glaucoma patients.

Anisha Kasi, Ji Won Bang, Vivek Trivedi, Jeannie M Au, Ian P Conner, Gadi Wollstein, Joel S Schuman, Rakie Cham, Kevin C Chan

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Article in Brain communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Anisha KasiNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Ji Won BangNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Vivek TrivediNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Jeannie M AuNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Ian P ConnerDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Gadi WollsteinWills Eye Hospital, Glaucoma Service and Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Joel S SchumanWills Eye Hospital, Glaucoma Service and Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Rakie ChamDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Kevin C ChanNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, NY 10017, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4012-7084

Funding

Stanford Vision Research CoreP30EY026877 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey L Goldberg · 2017 to 2026
$8.0M
Glaucoma Neuroimaging in Humans and Experimental Animal ModelsR01EY028125 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CHAN, KEVIN C · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY026877NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glaucoma patients often have higher injurious fall rates compared to healthy older adults. However, little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms. Recent evidence shows cerebral changes beyond the visual pathway of glaucoma patients, yet it remains unclear whether the cerebellum, which plays an important role in balance and motor control, is involved in glaucoma. In this study, we sought to investigate cerebellar functional connectivity changes in glaucoma by comparing 32 glaucoma subjects and 10 age-matched healthy control subjects who underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla with eyes closed. After conducting both regions-of-interest and seed-to-voxel analyses, we found that the functional connectivity within the cerebellum tended to be weakened in glaucoma patients compared to healthy controls, whereas the functional connectivity between some cerebral and cerebellar regions showed opposite changes in the same glaucoma subjects. Our findings underscore the potential role of cerebellar and cerebro-cerebellar dysfunction in postural and cognitive control in glaucoma patients. Taken together, these observations implicate the widespread brain changes in glaucoma beyond the cerebral regions into the cerebellum that may underlie the neural underpinnings of impaired balance control in this disease.

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braincerebellumfunctional connectivityglaucomamagnetic resonance imaging

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PMID41180954
PMCPMC12579274

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